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...nancial institutions shall issue a mortgage loan originator license to the applicant if the superintendent finds that the following conditions are met: (1) The application is accompanied by the application fee and any fee required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. (a) If a check or other draft instrument is returned to the superintendent for insufficient funds, the superintendent shall n...

...Each applicant for a mortgage loan originator license shall submit to a written test that is developed and approved by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry and administered by an approved test provider. (A) The test shall adequately measure the applicant's knowledge and comprehension in appropriate subject areas, including ethics, federal and state law related to mortgage origination, fraud, consu...

...ending standards for non-qualified mortgages, as defined in 12 C.F.R. 1026.43, or the nontraditional mortgage product marketplace. (B) Continuing education courses shall be reviewed and approved by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry based upon reasonable standards. (C) The following conditions shall apply to the continuing education required by this section: (1) An individual cannot take the sam...

... shall supervise all business of a mortgage loan originator conducted at the principal office, any branch office, or other location used by the individual mortgage loan originator. (B) If a mortgage loan originator's employment or association is terminated for any reason, the licensee may request the transfer of the license to another registrant by submitting a transfer application, along with a fifteen-dollar fee ...

... by the parties to the residential mortgage loan, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent.

...gregate loan amount of residential mortgage loans originated in the immediately preceding calendar year, but not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Under no circumstances, however, shall the bond for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers be less than fifty thousand dollars and an additional penal sum of ten thousand dollars for each location, in excess of one, at which the registrant conducts business. The...

...r revoked or who otherwise ceases to engage in business as a mortgage lender, mortgage servicer, mortgage broker, or mortgage loan originator. No registrant or licensee shall fail to comply with this division. (C) Each registrant, licensee, and entity holding a valid letter of exemption issued under this chapter shall submit to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry call reports or other reports of...

...No person, in connection with any examination or investigation conducted by the superintendent of financial institutions under this chapter, shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Circumvent, interfere with, obstruct, or fail to cooperate, including making a false or misleading statement, failing to produce records, or intimidating or suborning any witness; (B) Tamper with, alter, or manufacture any evidence...

...in which a registrant or licensee is engaged, or has applied to engage in, to the extent that the regulator has jurisdiction over a registrant or licensee engaged in that business activity. A registrant or licensee is engaged in a business activity, and a regulator of that business activity has jurisdiction over the registrant or licensee, whether the registrant or licensee conducts the activity directly or a subsidi...

...n a certificate of registration or mortgage loan originator license through any false or fraudulent representation of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required by state law, or make any substantial misrepresentation in any registration or license application; (B) Make false or misleading statements of a material fact, omissions of statements required by state or federal law, or false promises regar...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no registrant, or any member of the immediate family of an owner of a registrant, shall own or control a majority interest in an appraisal company. (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to any registrant, or any member of the immediate family of an owner of a registrant, who, on January 1, 2010, directly or indirectly owns or controls a maj...

...(A)(1) No registrant or licensee or person required to be registered or licensed under this chapter shall refer a buyer to any settlement service provider, including any title insurance company, that has an affiliated business arrangement with the registrant, licensee, or person without providing the buyer with written notice as required by rule adopted by the superintendent. (2) As used in division (A)(1) of this s...

...this chapter, through its operations manager or otherwise, shall fail to do either of the following: (1) Reasonably supervise a mortgage loan originator or any other person associated with the registrant or entity; (2) Establish reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter, or violations of applicable state and federal consumer and len...

... or originating of any residential mortgage loan; (5) Make reasonable efforts to secure a residential mortgage loan, from lenders with whom the registrant, licensee, or person regularly does business, with rates, charges, and repayment terms that are advantageous to the buyer. (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to wholesale lenders. However, wholesale lenders are subject to all other requirements appl...

...(A) A registrant or mortgage loan originator shall disclose in any printed, televised, broadcast, electronically transmitted, or published advertisement relating to the registrant's or mortgage loan originator's services, including on any electronic site accessible through the internet, the business name of the registrant or mortgage loan originator and the unique identifier of the registrant or mortgage loan origina...

...f a certificate of registration or mortgage loan originator license, or any comparable authority, in any governmental jurisdiction. (2) Impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, for each day a violation of a law or rule is committed, repeated, or continued. If the registrant, letter of exemption holder, or licensee engages in a pattern of repeated violations of a law or rule, the superintendent may impos...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the division of financial institutions shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or license issued pursuant to this chapter.

... may bring an action for recovery of damages. (2) Damages awarded under division (A)(1) of this section shall not be less than all compensation paid directly and indirectly to a registrant or mortgage loan originator from any source, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (3) The buyer may be awarded punitive damages. (B)(1) The superintendent of financial institutions or a buyer may directly bring an...

...e "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," 122 Stat. 2810, 12 U.S.C. 5101, as amended, is modified after October 16, 2009, or any regulation, statement, or position is adopted under that act, and the item modified or adopted affects any matter within the scope of this chapter, the superintendent of financial institutions may by rule adopt a similar provision. (B) The superintendent shall a...

...the requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry, including requirements pertaining to all of the following: (A) Payment of nonrefundable fees to apply for, maintain, and renew licenses through the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry; (B) Renewal or reporting dates; (C) Procedures to amend or to surrender a license; (D) Any other activity necessary for participation in t...

...The superintendent of financial institutions, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt reasonable rules to administer and enforce this chapter and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

...(A)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1322.07 or division (E), (F), or (G) of section 1322.40 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (2) Whoever violates division (B) of section 1322.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) The offenses established under divisions (A) and (B) of section 1322.07 of the Revised Code are strict liability offenses, and...

... used in this chapter: (A) "Hospital agency" means any public hospital agency or any nonprofit hospital agency. (B) "Public hospital agency" means any county, board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code, county hospital commission established pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, new community authority organized under Chapter 349...

...y providing for cooperation of hospital agencies in the utilization of shared facilities and services to obtain economies in operation and more effective health service, facilitating participation of hospital agencies in federal financial assistance provided by Title IV of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended, and by other federal programs for assistance in meeting the cost...

...(A) Two or more hospital agencies may enter into agreements for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, and furnishing of hospital facilities, or the management, operation, occupancy, use, maintenance, and repair of hospital facilities, or for participation in programs, projects, activities, and services useful to, connected with, supplementin...